Ironing-board.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

S. M. LAIRD.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1004.

IIWCHIOE (Sf/H Laird I M7,!mmen x UNITED STATES Patented. May 9, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

STELLA M. LAIRD, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IDA A. TOWNSEND, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,282, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed August 15, 1904. Serial No. 220,803.

To (all whom it may concern:

that class of ironing-boards which comprises generally a structure composed of a base, a supportingstandard, and an ironing-board carried by said standard and in spaced relation to the base.

The invention is specially adapted for ironing shirt-waists, and the base is used as an ironing-board in ironing the bodies of the garment, that board which is called the sleeveboard being used for ironing sleeves particularly.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eifecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modilication, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-board. embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the rein forcing-strip connecting the base and sleeve boards.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

A serious defect in the construction of ironing-boards of the type above mentioned and which has virtually prevented the manufacture of a practical article of this class is the resiliency of the mounting of the spaced boards relative to each other.

Any spring movement of the sleeve-board is objectionable in that extra force expended in the pressing operation is lost.

My invention aims to obviate the above disadvantages and to secure a very solid structure and one which can be put on the market ata very reasonable price, because of its cheapness, simplicity, and durability.

The base (designated 1) is of a suitable length for the purposes of the invention, being somewhat rectangular in shape, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. At one end of the base 1 and projected downwardly therefrom is the standard 2,whioh standard is preferably made of a block of wood, having its outer edge flush with the adjacent end of the base and its inner edge curved somewhat. The standard 2 is located centrally of the longitudinal edge portions of the base 1, and said standard has secured to the upper end thereof the sleeveboard 3. The sleeveboard 3 is somewhat narrower than the base 1 and tapers gradually toward the end remote from standard 2. parts 1 and 3 are preferably made of boarding and are suitably secured to the standard 2 by means of screws or like fastenings.

In order to reinforce and increase the rigidity of the boards 3 and 1 relative to each other, so that the same will not give under pressure, a reinforcing-strip 4 is utilized. The strip 4 is composed of sheet metal, preferably, and is secured to the rear edge of the standard 2 by fastenings. The ends of the strip 4 are bent so as to overlap the two boards 1 and 3, as shown at 5, and said ends are securely fastened to the outer sides of the faces 1 and 3.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the strain upon either of the boards 1 and 3 is taken up by the strip 4, and since said strip is rigidly secured the said boards do not yield under pressure. To secure the strip et in place and prevent the nails and screws from tearing through, said strip is provided with a plurality of projections 6, stamped therefrom, and the fastenings when the strain is exerted upon strip 4 bear against the flat sides of the projections 6, causing said fastenings to have a greater purchase upon the strip, resisting all strain. A suitable number of projections 6, together with the other fastenings by which the strip is attached to the adjacent parts, may be used.

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Having thus described the invention, what 1 and 3 and secured thereto, fiat projections 6 stamped inwardly from the strip at aforesaid, and fastenings for said strip arranged adjacent the flat sides of said projections 6.

In testimony whereof I am); my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STELLA M. LAIRD.

Vitnesses:

JOSEPH ORATTY, NELLIE FEGLEY. 

